Meanings
nounspacehound (plural spacehounds)
plural spacehounds
- archaicliteratureA person experienced in space travel.
"I'll be very glad to show you around," he said, "but I must confess I was a little surprised when Rupert passed on your request. I couldn't understand why one of you spacehounds should be interested in our work. Aren't you going in the wrong direction?"
1953, Arthur C[harles] Clarke, Childhood's End, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., →OCLC, page 116Synonyms: spacedog
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nounA person experienced in space travel.
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spacehound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacehound
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“spacehound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spacehound. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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